Bradshaw to 49ers: Play Brandon Jacobs

After tearing through the 49ers on Sunday, Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw gave them a tip: activate running back Brandon Jacobs.

“Brandon is a great player,” Bradshaw said of his ex-teammate after rushing for 116 yards. “I don’t know what their coaching staff is thinking or what they expect from Brandon. I think they are losing a lot by not using him.”

Jacobs, who suffered a knee injury on Aug. 18, is still waiting to make his 49ers’ debut after he was inactive in Sunday’s 26-3 loss to the Giants. It marked the 18th game Jacobs has missed in his eight-year career, but he said watching his current team lose to his former team was the most agonizing.

A fourth-round pick of the Giants in 2005, Jacobs spent his first seven seasons in New York. Jacobs and wide receiver Mario Manningham, another ex-Giant, visited New York’s locker room after the game, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.

“This is the toughest game I’ve ever had to watch, period,” Jacobs said. “I have never been able to help my team in a role like this.”

Earlier in the week, Jacobs expressed frustration and confusion over his role, saying he’d been completely healthy since Week 4. He backtracked 24 hours later and termed his situation a “rare opportunity” in that he was being given a chance to completely recover.

He maintained that stance Sunday, although it sounds as if he might have told Bradshaw the original version of his story.

“I am practicing, I’m running hard, I’m doing everything I need to do to get myself comfortable, which is a big part of it, working until you get comfortable,” Jacobs said. “I’m happy with the way they are doing it.”